It goes without saying that I prefer to have meals at home. At the weekend I like to get up late and have a good breakfast of scrambled eggs, or pancakes, or something like that. But on weekdays I'm always short of time in the morning. So I just have a cup of strong tea or coffee and a couple of sandwiches. As I spend a lot of time at school (usually eight or nine hours) it's necessary to have a snack at midday just to keep me going. That's why I have to go to the school canteen to have lunch. Our school canteen leaves much to be desired. It has become a tradition with our canteen to serve chops and watery mashed potatoes every day with a glass of cocoa or stewed fruit. But I enjoy my evening meal at home. My mother is a wonderful cook and her dinners are always delicious and various. To begin with, we usually have some salad - - tomato and cucumber salad or mixed salad (I like it very much). For the first course we have some soup — noodle, mushroom or cabbage soup, or maybe some fish soup for a change. For the main course we have meat, chicken or fish dishes, for example, steak or fried fish with spaghetti or potatoes (boiled or fried). We also have a lot of vegetables — green peas, carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers. I prefer meat to fish but my mother makes me eat fish from time to time. She says it's good for my brains. For dessert we have some fruit, fruit juice or just a cup of tea with a slice of cake. On Sundays we sometimes go to McDonald's. I like everything there: cheeseburgers, hamburgers and Big Macs, apple pies and fruit cocktails. But unfortunately we can't afford to go there very often, because it's rather expensive for a family and besides, they say it's not very healthy to eat at McDonald's.
Vocabulary it goes without saying само собой разумеется couple ['1<лр1] пара, два to prefer [pitfe:] предпочитать, отдавать sandwich ['sanwid3] бутерброд, сандвич предпочтение to have a snack перекусить scrambled eggs rskraembld 'egzl яичница pancakes [-paenkeiks] блины, оладьи to keeP smb 8ОШ« Д™ поддержания сил short of time не хватает времени canteen [kaen'ti:n] столовая leaves much to be desired [di'zaiad] оставляет желать лучшего to serve ['S3:v] обслуживать, подавать a chop котлета watery ['wo:tri] водянистый mashed f'maejt] potatoes картофельное пюре cocoa f'kaukau] какао stewed fruit ['stju:d 'fru:t] компот delicious [di'lijas] вкусный various [vearias] разнообразный to begin with для начала salad f'saelad] салат tomato [ta'ma:t9u] помидор cucumber ['kju:kamba] огурец mixed [mikst] смешанный noodle ['nurdlj soup куриный суп с лапшой mushroom ['rmjru:m] soup грибной суп cabbage ['ksebidj] soup щи for a change для разнообразия steak [steik] кусок мяса, лангет, бифштекс spaghetti [spa'geti] спагетти to boil [boil] варить to fry [frai] жарить green peas [pi:z] зеленый горошек carrot ['kaerat] морковь to make smb do smth заставлять кого-либо делать что-либо from time to time время от времени brain [brein] мозг dessert [di'za:!] десерт juice [d3u:s] сок slice [slais] ломтик, кусочек cheeseburger ['tji:zb3:ga] чизбургер (бутерброд с бифштексом и сыром) hamburger ['МзетЬз:дэ] гамбургер (булочка с руб- леным бифштексом) Big Mac [,big 'maek] Биг Мак (фирменное название многослойного бутерброда) apple pie [pai] пирог (пирожок) с яблоками fruit cocktail ['kokteil] фруктовый коктейль unfortunately [An'fortjhitii] к сожалению to afford [a'fo:d] позволять себе they say говорят... it's not very healthy [tieiei] зд. вредно для здоровья
Questions 1. How many meals a day do you usually have? 2. What do you usually have for breakfast? 3. Where do you have lunch (dinner)? 4. How many courses does your lunch (dinner) usually consist of? 5. What is your favourite dish? 6. What vegetables do you like? 7. What do you usually have for dessert? 8. How often do you eat out? 9. Have you ever eaten at McDonald's? 10. Some people say that eating at a restaurant is a waste of money. Do you agree? 11. Can you cook? 12. Do you agree that the best cooks in the world are men?
